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OUR EXPERTS WOULD BE WISHING, NOT FISHING, WITHOUT THEIR FISHFINDERS
MARK EZELL DANA POINT, CA
EXPERT PANEL
Owner, Hook1 Kayak Fishing Gear
ALLEN SANSANO SEATTLE, WA
Owner, NorthwestKay-
akAnglers.com, Ocean Kayak Pro Staff
STEVE MULLINS HOUSTON, TX
Big game kayak fisherman
The Yukon’s First Kayak Fishing Outfitter
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WET YOUR LINE?
FISHFINDER COME INTO PLAY?
HOW DOES YOUR
WHERE DO YOU
Inshore in coastal California, mostly for halibut and bass or whatever else swims by.
It locates structure for me. Halibut are near structure; bass are in, above, or sometimes on the edge. Structure is the hotel where
everything hangs out.
WHAT YA GOT?
A Humminbird Matrix
17. I’ve had it for three years; it’s done very well from Central California to Baja.
HOW’S IT RIGGED?
The transducer is
in the hull. I use a waterproof box for
my battery, placed far up front to help the kayak plane better. I
run the wires through the deck.
BUILT-IN GPS?
DO YOU GO FOR
Definitely. Once you have all your spots marked you can go right to them.
In the Strait of Juan de Fuca. I fish for
salmon, mostly kings.
I use it to find the bait balls where I drop my mooching rigs. I couldn’t do it effectively otherwise. If you can’t find the bait you’re just fishing blind.
A Humminbird Matrix 17, the best combination of value and performance. I don’t want to spend hundreds on something that can get dunked or broken.
I don’t do anything
fancy. The fishfinder is on a RAM mount.
I run the wires under the hatch rim and keep my battery
rolled up in a dry bag. I Goop the transducer inside.
That’s something
I’m wrestling with. Marking fishing spots would be much easier.
High Island, the Middle Coast, and Port Aransas.
In summer I paddle out to the oil rigs.
I use it to locate bait in deeper water. The other thing is the bottom contour. There’s no structure out here, so fish use the depth changes as highways or markers.
I use an Eagle Cuda model. It’s durable and the price point is right, $70 to $100. I pound on it too. We always have three- to four-foot surf.
I use a removable installation to save
on wear and tear. The battery goes inside my safety bag. The
wires run through the hull to the battery and transducer via a custom rubber grommet.
Not the way I fish. If I start fishing lakes, yes. I’m not fishing specific structure; I don’t need to go to a specific point.
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